Participating Company Profiles - Day Two
StreamSets provides data ingest technology for big data applications. The Company delivers dataflow performance management SaaS and open source software for the next generation of data-driven applications. Its mission is to bring operational intelligence to the management of data in motion, so that data continually arrives on-time and with high quality, empowering trusted decision-making.
2 Bryant Street, Suite 240 San Francisco , CA 94105
Company Representative: Girish Pancha, Chief Executive Officer
Girish Pancha is a data industry veteran who has spent his career developing successful and innovative products that address the challenge of providing integrated information as a mission-critical, enterprise-grade solution. Before co-founding StreamSets, Girish was an early employee and chief product officer at Informatica, where he was responsible for the company’s entire product portfolio. Girish also previously co-founded Zimba, a developer of mobile applications providing real-time access to corporate information, which he led to a successful acquisition. Girish began his career at Oracle, where he led the development of Oracle’s BI platform.
STRIVR Labs uses virtual reality to improve human performance. The company started in early 2015 and immediately began working with NFL and NCAA football teams, and now works with over 25 professional and collegiate teams across all major sports. STRIVR is currently working with one of the largest retailers in the world to improve the employee train- ing experience, as well as a handful of other Fortune 500 organizations.
855A Santa Cruz Avenue Menlo Park , CA 94025
Company Representative: Derek Belch, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Derek Belch is the founder and CEO of STRIVR Labs, Inc., a Palo Alto based virtual reality solutions company that uses VR to train athletes and improve human performance in the workplace, and creates best-in- class interactive experiences for sports fans of all ages. Belch laid the foundation for STRIVR during the 2014 season with the Stanford Cardinal football team, when he was an assis- tant coach for the team while completing a masters degree in VR. His thesis project was exploring virtual reality applied to sports training and he worked with the Cardinal during the season to build and test the technology that is now STRIVR. Belch holds three degrees from Stanford (BA Communication, MA Journalism, MA Media Studies), as well as an MBA from the University of Southern California.
Founded in San Francisco in 2014 by Webby-winner Adam Zbar and San Francisco's James Beard Award-winning Chef Justine Kelly, Sun Basket is the leading organic meal kit provider delivering the best organic, non-GMO ingredients and delicious, easy-to-make recipes week- ly to your door. Rated #1 by meal kit by Buzzfeed, Sun Basket sAvenues busy people the time of planning and shopping so they can focus on the fun part of cooking and enjoying the meal. Personalized for your lifestyle and diet, Sun Basket provides a seasonally inspired Chef's Basket, along with Gluten-Free, Paleo and Vegetarian meal options. Located in San Francisco, Sun Basket is backed by top-tier venture capitalists including the investor behind Instagram. Celebrity Chef Tyler Florence acts as Culinary Co-Founder, and is joined by COO/Board Member, Don Barnett, Co-Founder of organicgirl produce.
1170 Olinder Court San Jose , CA 95122
Company Representative: Adam Zbar, Chief Executive Officer
Adam Zbar is CEO of Sun Basket, the leading organic meal kit provider. Rated #1 by Buzzfeed, the service has grown rapidly since its launch in 2015. Previously, Zbar was CEO of Tap11, which was named a top six app by Twitter and was acquired by AVOS Sys- tems, which was led by the founders of YouTube. Before Tap11, Zbar was CEO of Zannel.com, the Webby-winning multi-media mi- croblogging service which served millions of users worldwide. Zbar has spoken on industry panels at numerous events, including SXSW, CES, CTIA and SF MusicTech. He is a Webby Winner for Best Mobile Social Site, Webby Honoree for Best Mobile Social App, and a two-time winner of the Mobile Excellence Awards.
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